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pentagon crossing over the inbound 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> hello. where are we? it was a twist for american idol last night as the first group of females gathered in sin city for a southern death round. we'll do it all again next week. our chatter panel is back with us to discuss if it was a good decision. so you know the panel but let's do the formalities. mix 107.3's jack diamond. hi, jack. >> good to see you. >> the kiddy of the city. jeannie jones. i got to work on that. i came in too low. this different. >> they are exciting. >> they are mixing it up. >> hard to see five people go home. >> it was. >> there was talent there that went home. i will say this, maybe this year we have a carrie. maybe we have a kelly. we'll see if we have a daughtry tonight and if we have a constantine. there's good talent. >> four out of my five selections made it through. >> what do you think about the way they did it? >> i think it's great. you see the individual talent. they can interact with the band. and gi
pentagon crossing over the inbound 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> hello. where are we? it was a twist for american idol last night as the first group of females gathered in sin city for a southern death round. we'll do it all again next week. our chatter panel is back with us to discuss if it was a good decision. so you know the panel but let's do the formalities. mix 107.3's jack diamond. hi, jack. >> good to see you. >> the kiddy of the...
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then all you say is we're going to cut the pentagon. going to cut these mental health programs. going to cut education. there's no give on millionaires and billionaires. >> this comes back to a fundamental belief of mine which is this: who got us into this mess? politicians. who has to pay for it? the people who create jobs and people doing thing the right way. we blame them for everything. that's where i get frustrated in this process. the politicians created this and need to figure it out without blaming other people. let me say one other thing. on the defense cuts, let's take the sequestration defense cut, we're going from if sequestration happens, go from $5.7 trillion in spending for defense to $5.2 trillion in defense spending. so over a ten year period 5.7 to 5.2, are we kicking a can down the street? what are we doing? >> part of it is we're going to get savings from the end of two wars which is what drove this deficit problem. here's where i think we have to look seriously. we've got to figure out a way to do this without hurting people. and my sister works for the envi
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next week he will head to newport to talk specifically about the cuts to the pentagon. back to you. >> sherri ly, thank you very much. >>> in other news, d.c. council members are holding a special meeting next week to discuss taking possible action against ward one councilman jim graham. two weeks ago an ethics board said graham broke the code of conduct three times. he currently has oversight over how alcoholic beverages are regulated in the district. graham told fox 5 he hopes instead of punishing him monday, council members instead will call for a hearing to investigate. >>> new leadership for anne arundel county. laura neuman was named as new leader. >>> a former cop convicted of killing his wife learns his fate. the sentence the judge handed down to drew peterson and his heated courtroom reaction next. >> plus, a retired atf agent is dead this morning. he was killed as he walked his dog in northern virginia. what police believe may have been the motive behind this brazen attack. >> first, named after a legend, the playful bet and expecting couple made when the reds
next week he will head to newport to talk specifically about the cuts to the pentagon. back to you. >> sherri ly, thank you very much. >>> in other news, d.c. council members are holding a special meeting next week to discuss taking possible action against ward one councilman jim graham. two weeks ago an ethics board said graham broke the code of conduct three times. he currently has oversight over how alcoholic beverages are regulated in the district. graham told fox 5 he hopes...
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backup leaving the pentagon. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> world series or bust. that's nats' manager's viewpoint. they have the motivation to make it happen. but let's hope they don't get uninvited guests. players say a bird dropped a fish on the field yesterday. little welcome to florida, boys. after a few minutes of gawking, ian desmond threw it over the fence. in our 9:00 hour we'll get a look at how things are shaping up and perhaps what kind of fish that was. >>> starting today the racing presidents. vote on who you think will win on twitter, with the #votebill and voteteddy. >>> bruce allen is standing firm on the team's name. he said it's ludicrous to suggest the franchise is trying to upset native americans. he says they won't buckle in to people who think the name is offensive. he gave his opinion yesterday if he groundbreaking for the new training facility. the new facility is expected to bring $40 million worth of investments to the city and hundreds of jobs. >>> imagine giving up
backup leaving the pentagon. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> world series or bust. that's nats' manager's viewpoint. they have the motivation to make it happen. but let's hope they don't get uninvited guests. players say a bird dropped a fish on the field yesterday. little welcome to florida, boys. after a few minutes of gawking, ian desmond threw it over the fence. in our 9:00 hour we'll get a look at how things are shaping up and perhaps what kind of fish that was....
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they are also hacking pentagon contractors. >> when it hit the defense and steal documents, word documents, powerpoint documents, when they hit the private sector blue chip companies that are doing mergers and acquisitions, we see targeted threats against the e-mail. >> the democratic chair said this clearly demonstrates a need to pass cyber security legislation as soon as possible. >> in less than two hours, we will hear from president barack obama's new secretary of state. john kerry will talk about president obama's investments in foreign policy. after he addresses students and teachers, he'll sit down with the president at the white house this afternoon. >> president obama issues a dire warning just over a week before the dreaded budget sequester kicks in. if a deal isn't reached in congress, fox's doug luzader has the latest. >> reporter: tony, good morning. no one really expected we would be here. the sequester was designed to be unpleasant for democrats and republicans. doesn't look like they are going to be able to stop it. >> summoning first responders to the white house painting
they are also hacking pentagon contractors. >> when it hit the defense and steal documents, word documents, powerpoint documents, when they hit the private sector blue chip companies that are doing mergers and acquisitions, we see targeted threats against the e-mail. >> the democratic chair said this clearly demonstrates a need to pass cyber security legislation as soon as possible. >> in less than two hours, we will hear from president barack obama's new secretary of state....
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. >>> the pentagon is also taking steps to be more inclusive of gays. defense secretary will extend some benefits to same sex partners of military members. comes more than a year after the pentagon lifted the ban on gays serving in the military. >> president obama will try to sell democrats on his plans for immigration, gun control and the economy during a closed door meeting today. this happened in annapolis. the president's ambitious second term agenda relies on support from law makers. >>> and while the president heads to maryland. >> billions of dollars will take effect next month. without one, the district could be hit hard. melanie alnwick is live with the latest details. >> reporter: tony and allison, if you feel like we've been here before, that's because we have. a very long and frustrating game of kick the can here. seems like over and over again. these cuts were supposed to kick in january 1st. back in 2011 and 2012, congress could not agree on a broader package. that was an exchange for republicans agreeing to raise the debt ceiling. and jan
. >>> the pentagon is also taking steps to be more inclusive of gays. defense secretary will extend some benefits to same sex partners of military members. comes more than a year after the pentagon lifted the ban on gays serving in the military. >> president obama will try to sell democrats on his plans for immigration, gun control and the economy during a closed door meeting today. this happened in annapolis. the president's ambitious second term agenda relies on support from...
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. >>> and leon panetta testified thursday saying the pentagon did not have any forces close to libya when the u.s. consulate was attacked last september. he also said for the first time, or he said for the first time that the defense department supported arming rebels in syria. that's a direct contrast to the official position of the obama administration. >>> funeral services will be held at arlington cemetery today for a virginia soldier. 28-year-old sergeant aaron whitman was a graduate of the citadel. he was on his second deployment to afghanistan when he was killed last month. he was the first u.s. combat casualty of the year. he was based out of fort stewart, georgia. >>> the first lady will attend the funeral of the murdered chicago teenager who performed at the president's inauguration. funeral services for hadiya pendleton will be held tomorrow. police say the drum majorette was talking with a group of friends last week when she was shot in the back by a stray bullet. so far, no arrests in this case. but it has brought renewed attention to chicago's high moderated and the deb
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pentagon up and around the 14th street bridge. southbound 29 earlier problems we had south of the beltway have cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right. thank you very much. the hollywood round continues on american idol. this time the girls get their turn on stage as the american idol judges work to narrow down the hundreds of contestants. hundreds it seems like. this morning our idol chatter panel is back with us to discuss the ladies. mix 107.3's jack diamond. >> good morning. >> i'm coming over to shake hands. >> happy valentine's day. >> genie, the kiddy of the city. >> happy v-day. >> and marcus johnson. >> i hope i can remember this later today. >> before we jump in. any valentine wishes. >> absoly . my 4 year old kitten jordan. don't worry, i'll be there taking to your celebration at school. >> my wife lisa, conor, rachel, ian and jenny. >> who are the others? >> daughters and sons. >> all right. let's move along. >> i want to give a shout out to my daughter chase, happy valentine's day. karina,
pentagon up and around the 14th street bridge. southbound 29 earlier problems we had south of the beltway have cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> all right. thank you very much. the hollywood round continues on american idol. this time the girls get their turn on stage as the american idol judges work to narrow down the hundreds of contestants. hundreds it seems like. this morning our idol chatter panel is back with us to discuss the ladies. mix 107.3's jack...
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pentagon crossing over the inbound 14th street bridge. that's with lanes open. outer loop of the beltway tied up leaving 95. tapping the brakes on the inner loop. southbound connecticut avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on time trachlt >> thank you so much, julie. 24 million people in the united states have an eating disorder. unfortunately common eating disorders are under treated. law makers are working to change that with a new law in virginia that would involve teachers. here to talk more about this topic is dr. gregory jones. you've seen him on our show before. he's a psychologist. wonderful to have you back in studio. >> thank you for having me. >> wish we didn't have to talk about subjects like this. so important to get the word out. so many people are hurting. tell us in broad terms about how big this problem is. eating disorders. >> as stated 24 million americans have an eating disorder. and eating disorder looking at anorexia, bulimia. 10% of people get treatment. >> and this can be deadly. >> it's the most deadly of all mental health concerns, more
pentagon crossing over the inbound 14th street bridge. that's with lanes open. outer loop of the beltway tied up leaving 95. tapping the brakes on the inner loop. southbound connecticut avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on time trachlt >> thank you so much, julie. 24 million people in the united states have an eating disorder. unfortunately common eating disorders are under treated. law makers are working to change that with a new law in virginia that would involve teachers. here to...
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as you cross over the potomi, 395 delays leaving the pentagon. southbound gw parkway. all lanes are open headed over towards the key bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> listen up. from doctor appointments to prescription, rising healthcare costs. tips for you to reduce medical costs. dr. vernado is here to shed light on how you can start saving now. doctor, thank you for coming in. >> thank you. good morning. >> i've read through these tips. i have never heard of some of these things. good information. we're going to jump right in. going to start with office visits. you say we could potentially have the cost of our office visit cut in half. >> absolutely. >> how do you go about doing that? >> there's 50 million people uninsured. when we go, the doctor has no idea what's going on with our insurance. if you go to them and say i'm uninsured or between insurance, is there anything you can do for me? frequently, they can decrease the amount they charge you for the visit. sometimes up to 50%. >> the whole insurance thing, a lot of what happens in doctor'
as you cross over the potomi, 395 delays leaving the pentagon. southbound gw parkway. all lanes are open headed over towards the key bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> listen up. from doctor appointments to prescription, rising healthcare costs. tips for you to reduce medical costs. dr. vernado is here to shed light on how you can start saving now. doctor, thank you for coming in. >> thank you. good morning. >> i've read through these tips. i have never...
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the pentagon announced wednesday it has approved cutting the aircraft carriers from 2 to 1. the move will save millions of dollars each year. despite his opposition, some analysts say the move is logical. >> so all it does is temporarily at times reduce our standing cape ability to launch a preemptive strike. so if we change our mind we can change the policy. >> budget issues are forcing carriers to stay at sea longer for nine instead of 6. >> attracted hundreds of protestors yesterday. governor martin omalley is calling for a ban on military type rifles increasing licensing fees and requiring training in order to own a gun. the governor believes his plan will prevent dangerous people from owning the guns. republicans say it punishes the wrong people. also in maryland, a push to increase the number of early voting centers. the early voting access act will be considered today and if passed would allow more early voting centers during primary elections. comes after voters were forced to wait in line for hours to cast their ballot during the presidential election in november. >
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the pentagon has started scaling back its contracting. bloomberg had a nice story about this this morning. really starting to already see the impacts play out to the economy. >> if it happens, on day one of sequestration, automatically programs do the heads of agencies say all right this is gone, this is reduced? >> more or less, yeah. i think it's approximately 8% across the board for the rest of this year. now, obviously, they can't furlough people immediately. that requires a 30 day process. they still have to sift through how much they are going to cut. some of that will take time play out. you could see changes and scaling back almost immediately. some of these things do take time to play out. >> let's say it takes a week or two and then suppose congress during that time comes up with a solution and says sequestration is over, how much havoc does that wreak? >> life in federal government. any solution that congress comes up with will still see cuts. the whole idea is to try and get $85 billion out of this year's budget even if it's l
the pentagon has started scaling back its contracting. bloomberg had a nice story about this this morning. really starting to already see the impacts play out to the economy. >> if it happens, on day one of sequestration, automatically programs do the heads of agencies say all right this is gone, this is reduced? >> more or less, yeah. i think it's approximately 8% across the board for the rest of this year. now, obviously, they can't furlough people immediately. that requires a 30...
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. >> the pentagon needs a thorough overhaul. i'm a hawk but i'm a cheap hawk. f 35 overrun problem, it is obscene and disgrace full and people will be demanding we fix the system. >> some federal watchers are saying the government agencies are putting out these outrageous cuts, these outrageous worst case scenarios to put public pressure on congress to come up with some sort of a deal. they do say the total amount of the budget cuts only amount to 3% of the federal budget. there's a subtext going on here. think maybe we should let sequestration go through. really does not seem to be agreement here on capitol hill. >> all right, melanie. thank you very much. >> you may want to head out to celebrate president's day. there's a parade in honor of george washington's birthday. mount vernon is throwing a birthday bash that includes a wreath laying ceremony at his tomb. admission is free. >>> president bill or president teddy. we're going to find out which racing president won the race to mount rushmore. bill, william taft and teddy will hang out with george and tom t
. >> the pentagon needs a thorough overhaul. i'm a hawk but i'm a cheap hawk. f 35 overrun problem, it is obscene and disgrace full and people will be demanding we fix the system. >> some federal watchers are saying the government agencies are putting out these outrageous cuts, these outrageous worst case scenarios to put public pressure on congress to come up with some sort of a deal. they do say the total amount of the budget cuts only amount to 3% of the federal budget. there's a...
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again, with the delay northbound pentagon out towards the 14th street bridge. still going to find delays on northbound i 95 through woodbridge. southbound along 270 with all lanes open. traffic remains below speed all the way out to the split. earlier three car pile up cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you very much. just a moment ago we said the last pope to resign occurred in the 13th century. it was actually in the 15th century. >>> in other news, leaders of two employee organizations are planning a rally on capitol hill. urging law makers to protect jobs and programs such as medicare and social security. the national president of the american federation of government employees. he joins us now from the fox news channel downtown with more. mr. cox, good morning to you. thanks for joining us. >> good morning. how are you doing today? >> doing well. your organization along with the afscme is going to be holding this rally tomorrow. tell us how many people are going to attend and what you are trying to do. >> joining together tomor
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. >>> senate republicans delay a confirmation vote for president obama's choice to head the pentagon. but the confirmation of chuck hagel is still expected to go through. senate republicans say they need to know more about hagel, but they are also insisting that the white house come clean on the u.s. consulate attack in benghazi in september. with evidence mounting, they say the president was disengaged. the president says all questions have been answered. >> this white house has stone walled, delayed and denied. nothing could be further from the truth about us not running out of questions. what is true is he won't answer any. >> it's shocking that my republican colleagues would leave the nation without a secretary of defense with all the things we have going on in the world, including a war. >> hagel's nomination is expected to eventually get through. republicans say they will not block an up or down vote after they get back from vacation in 10 days. >>> today president obama heads to chicago to continue pushing economic reforms he laid out in his state of the union address earlier t
. >>> senate republicans delay a confirmation vote for president obama's choice to head the pentagon. but the confirmation of chuck hagel is still expected to go through. senate republicans say they need to know more about hagel, but they are also insisting that the white house come clean on the u.s. consulate attack in benghazi in september. with evidence mounting, they say the president was disengaged. the president says all questions have been answered. >> this white house has...
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hit the pentagon in particular. his proposals for a $9 an hour minimum wage and new tax hikes signal more battles ahead by congressional republicans. he pressed for immigration reform and an audience that included the families of shooting victims, he pushed for more gun control measures. >> the families of newtown, deserve a vote. >> the republican response was delivered in spanish and english by a rising republican star. florida senator marco rubio. but zeroed in on the spending plans. >> i don't oppose your plans because i want to protect the rich. i don't oppose your plans because i want to protect my neighbors. >> that is an area where both sides seem to have some agreement. could be some compromise. there is a hearing scheduled in the senate later today. tony. >> thank you very much, melanie. as you just heard, president obama did challenge law makers to let gun proposals at least come up for a voechlt the president made the appeal -- fox 5 got reaction from local members from congress and most outspoken critic
hit the pentagon in particular. his proposals for a $9 an hour minimum wage and new tax hikes signal more battles ahead by congressional republicans. he pressed for immigration reform and an audience that included the families of shooting victims, he pushed for more gun control measures. >> the families of newtown, deserve a vote. >> the republican response was delivered in spanish and english by a rising republican star. florida senator marco rubio. but zeroed in on the spending...
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the pentagon is rejecting the claims, but is taking them seriously and says it will investigate the facts surrounding these claims. >>> in the meantime, the new secretary of state is in london this morning. he met with his british counterpart and sat down with prime minister david cameron. london is his first stop on a trip that will take him to nine countries. syria is dominating his agenda, but it's not clear if he'll sit down with syrian rebels. after his european visit, he heads to the middle east. >>> new this morning, a major announcement from the vatican. pope benedict xvi has signed off on moving the date of the conclave forward. the pope says it can begin sooner if all the cardinals are in rome. typically, the process to choose a new pope does not begin until 15 days after a pope dies or leaves office. >>> meanwhile, cardinals from around the world have begun to gather in rome. washington archbishop cardinal donald wuerl left from dulles yesterday. also on sunday, the pope delivered his final public address to a crowd of 100,000. the 85-year-old pontiff told him his decision does
the pentagon is rejecting the claims, but is taking them seriously and says it will investigate the facts surrounding these claims. >>> in the meantime, the new secretary of state is in london this morning. he met with his british counterpart and sat down with prime minister david cameron. london is his first stop on a trip that will take him to nine countries. syria is dominating his agenda, but it's not clear if he'll sit down with syrian rebels. after his european visit, he heads to...
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area's defense industry, pentagon and other military programs would be hit hard. only social security, medicaid, veteran benefits and some programs for low income families will be spared. even the smithsonian museums around d.c. and the national zoo will be impacted by these cuts. according to the "washington post," the zoo could lose $10 million and could threaten some exhibits, but would not affect animal care. the cuts would go to anybody who gets federal grant or any kind of federal dollars at all. states and localities are looking closely at their finances, too. that's the latest on capitol hill, back to you. >> affects a lot of people. sherri, thank you. >>> meanwhile, a late night session for a panel of lawmakers in maryland, they approved both a change to sweeping gun control measures and a repeal of the death penalty. the senate judicial proceedings committee voted 6-5 on a bill that would ban capital punishment. senators approved an amendment to a gun bill that prohibits anyone who has been involuntarily committed for mental health from owning a handgun.
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half in domestic programs, half in pentagon programs. she and the president want to find a different mix of tax increases and spending cuts to put that off. we'll see whether that will happen. we'll talk to her sunday. >> there are some on the little who are actually saying, well, let's let it happen. won't be that bad. >> well, yeah. and particularly because some republicans are saying, look, the problem is not that we don't have taxes that are too low. it's that we have spending that's way too high. they're saying if we don't like all of these, let's have the automatic spending cuts go through, because over the course of the next 10 years, it would cut a trillion dollars in spending. >> also you have on t h e s h o w senator john mccain who has had a high profile the last couple of weeks. >> that's right. really tough questioning of a former friend, chuck hagel, the nominee for defense secretary, last week, and this week, yesterday, in that hearing was leon panetta and chairman of the joint chiefs, he went after them pretty tough, too.
half in domestic programs, half in pentagon programs. she and the president want to find a different mix of tax increases and spending cuts to put that off. we'll see whether that will happen. we'll talk to her sunday. >> there are some on the little who are actually saying, well, let's let it happen. won't be that bad. >> well, yeah. and particularly because some republicans are saying, look, the problem is not that we don't have taxes that are too low. it's that we have spending...
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area's defense industry, pentagon and other military programs would be hit. only social security, medicaid, veterans benefits and some programs for low income families are spared. even the smithsonian museums and the national could could be impacted by this. according to the "washington post," the zoo could lose $10 million from its $50 million budget. they say that would impact the exhibits at the zoo, not the animal care. so clearly the sequestration would have widespread consequences. think about it. any kind of federal spending, all of those things could face cuts with the sequestration. that is the latest here on capitol hill. back to you. >> thank you. >>> making headlines this morning, an alert for parents in maryland. police believe there is a man or several different men stalking young women and girls in southern montgomery county. a young woman reported being followed by a man in a minivan in friend high pressure heights on tuesday night. she was able to get into a friend's house after a man got out of his vehicle and came toward her quickly. earlie
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in the days ahead, the administration will shift its focus to the pentagon, which will bear the brunt of the cuts. in addition to some of the defense cuts as well as the contractor furloughs, the white house also said in d.c., maryland and virginia we could have perhaps 31,000 fewer hiv tests available, or 5900 fewer kids getting vaccines. $700millioncut in environmental funding. all those possible impacts now listed on the white house web site. there is talk of perhaps a compromise that would allow the federal agencies to at least have flexibility in deciding where they're going to apply the cuts within their agencies. with the sequester due to hit friday, there isn't much time to work out all the details. tony and allison? >>> thank you. in afghanistan, president karzai wants u.s. special forces out of a key province. he's accuses them of working with afghan citizens to torture and even murder people in the region. the u.s. has rejected the claims u.s. forces carried out any such crimes. >>> secretary of state john kerry has arrived in london. it's the first stop on a nine country t
in the days ahead, the administration will shift its focus to the pentagon, which will bear the brunt of the cuts. in addition to some of the defense cuts as well as the contractor furloughs, the white house also said in d.c., maryland and virginia we could have perhaps 31,000 fewer hiv tests available, or 5900 fewer kids getting vaccines. $700millioncut in environmental funding. all those possible impacts now listed on the white house web site. there is talk of perhaps a compromise that would...